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[kristealberts]

A Timeless Revisit: The Book That Calls Me Back Again and Again

Forever lost in the pages of 'One Thousand White Women' by Jim Fergus. 📖💫 It's like revisiting an old friend who always has a new story to share. Have you journeyed with May Dodd through the American West? Let's discuss this emotional odyssey, and feel free to recommend your must-reads for my next review! 

[perryelse4]

History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria

Embark on a mesmerizing journey through the ancient lands with #HistoryOfEgyptChaldeaSyriaBabyloniaAssyria. Explore the cradle of civilization with #AncientHistory #Egyptology

[splashes-of-joy]

Julie Klassen is one of my very favorite authors. I hope you will support her in the next week on the release of another awesome book....The Sisters of Sea View. #historicalchristianfiction #historicalread #cleanhistoricalread #historicalromance #historicalchristianromamce #cleanromance https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl2ZnbTLqs7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[celticbarb]

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Book: Irish Eyes

Author: Hope C. Tarr

Series:The American Songbook Series, # 1

Release Date: December 7, 2023

Book Length: 441 pages

Publisher: Lume Books

Overall Rating: 5 Stars (deserves bazillion stars)

Blog Rating: 5 Saltire Flags

1898 Aran Islands, Republic of Ireland and New York City, USA

This novel is action packed right from the start where Rose O’Neill, the seventeen-year-old heroine of this phenomenal story gets the most heartbreaking news that her favorite beloved brother Donal (Danny) was killed in the Spanish American war. Then a month later in Ireland at her family’s Pub, she meets American former soldier Adam Blakely. This was Danny’s American best friend and comrade, that he soldiered with and was with when he was fatally killed. A loyal friend and soldier who wanted to return all the letters Rose wrote to her brother. Letters Adam read repetitively over a hundred times at least and was already a little in love with his Irish Rose! They became very close and they both fell madly in love where he proposed to Rose on her Aran Islands. This is where Danny and Adam’s story ended, but Rose and Adam’s story only just began and just touched the surface as they had a long road ahead of them.

After Adam’s two week holiday turns into a two month life changing romantic journey, he gets urgent news from home and has to return home. He promised to write every day as did Rose. Furthermore, she finds out she is pregnant after he left so she decides to go to America and tell him the happy news that they were expecting a child together. Unfortunately there were many forces against them due to their class differences. As neither of them got their letters though both looked for them. He comes from a very wealthy socialite family who wants to dictate his life, this includes who he should marry and what he should do for a career. They were less than thrilled that he wanted to marry a poor Irish girl whose family ran a pub in Ireland.

Rose decided to come to New York and get her man and follow the American dream. Unfortunately things don’t always work out the way you want due to other people's manipulations, cruelty and class differences. So she finds herself frightened, homeless, pregnant, and alone in a strange country and in a big city that was not very welcoming to a single, eighteen-year-old immigrant that could not rub two pennies together. She realizes she had to forget the past and move to a different future, right when the world was moving into the twentieth century with so many changes in the world both economically and socially. Along with this were many tragedies and obstacles and Rose was in the middle of it living in a poor and dangerous area being terrified. Will Rose and Adam ever be able to find each other both living in such different worlds as she was in the poor area and he was in the very wealthy area.

Ms.Tarr who does such magnificent research in this excellent written novel-showing the history of New York City both good and bad. Plus revealing how difficult it was for immigrants and how they were mistreated in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This novel goes from 1898 to 1922, but shows many true historical facts about New York that I did not even know. Of course it also shows class differences too and some tragedies as well. Are Rose and Adam ever able to find the happiness they both deserve or will their broken hearts remain shattered for the duration of their lives? The ending just blew my mind but no spoilers as you will have to read this dazzling story to find out!

Seriously I must say this is one of the best books I have ever read in my entire life! I was so swept away and impressed it was beyond brilliant. There are no words to say or describe eloquently just how brilliant this book really truly is. Yes I went through a box of tissues, yet if I get that emotional it means the storyteller is extremely talented and I have really connected with all the characters and plot lines. I love when true facts and real people in history show up in fictional books too! This novel definitely checked all the boxes for me. I also love historical fiction and this is definitely one of the most brilliant and in-depth books I have ever read!

I absolutely highly recommend this spectacular and captivating book! Readers definitely don’t want to miss this one as it is pure brilliance and I can’t wait to read the next book in “The American Songbook” series. Well done Hope Tarr you should definitely be so proud of this phenomenal masterpiece!

Disclaimer: I received this advance review copy for free from Lume Books and Netgalley for a fair and honest review. I am leaving this review voluntarily. All words, thoughts and ideas are my own.

Buy: Links:

Kindle: https://tinyurl.com/order-IRISH-EYES

Amazon Trade Paperback: https://tinyurl.com/Irish-Eyes-Paperback

Barnes & Noble: https://tinyurl.com/3hfkehad

Waterstones: https://tinyurl.com

[atruebloodwrites]

One thing they don’t warn you about when you write historical books is the sort of backbending you have to do when writing a kissing scene. I mean look at this hat. How is any person supposed to navigate under that wide brim to get a kiss? And let me tell you this is tame by late Edwardian standards! 🤣 #historicalreads #historicalfashion #historicalresearch #allthekissing #writingromance #historicalromance #edwardiannyc #romancereads #lifeofawriter #writinglife #writersofig #authhorsofig #igauthorlife #igauthor https://www.instagram.com/p/CVLhHfMvxmg/?utm_medium=tumblr

[georgesteger-blog]

BOOK III THE TORCHBEARERS: The Road to Aachen (January 814)

What happens when a great man dies? Does the world change at once? Sebastian pondered the question as he leaned into the slanting snow and stood up in his stirrups from time to time to ease his aching back. Or does the world change like a great glacier, slowly, inexorably but with such fearsome might? The black January night shivered with such bitter cold that ice formed on Sebastian’s beard and the muzzle of his warhorse. Overhanging branches, burdened by heavy snow, slapped against horse and rider. Every creek and ford seemed to deny its shallows and threaten to suck them into icy depths. The grim night mimicked the catastrophe at Aachen. But the great stallion knew the way so well there was no need for Sebastian to guide him. He had been with Sebastian so long that he pounded through the silence and the gloom as if he were his master’s spirit driven by an ominous wind; as if he knew his master’s mind and shared his imperative. The king was dying. Charlemagne! The paragon of kings, the rugged monarch who ruled from the great ocean to the steppes of the Rus. He was indeed an emperor, but he hated the trappings of empire and preferred the title of king. For he was, first, foremost and always, King of the Franks. His people completely identified with him. He had ruled so long that hardly anyone could remember when his scepter  did not command and regulate and inspire everyone, noble and peasant alike. While he was alive he strove to surround himself with the wisest men he could find, yet most of those who served him believed there was no need for thinking. Charlemagne thought for everyone. So what now? That was the first monster question. But there was another, even more intimidating: In the end, what was it all for? Without my clothes, the scars of my old wounds frighten even me. My bones, battered by the long marches over the years, protest at night. If I sleep, my dreams are filled with mayhem and slaughter. I am sickened by war. So many of my sword brothers are dead now, or they lie helpless in their beds, crippled by wounds or strokes. Yet, who could ever refuse him? Who could say him nay? I tried. From the beginning. I reasoned with him, risked everything to show him a better way than war. I cajoled, begged, and even left his service for a while. But I always came back when he summoned me. I don’t know why. I still don’t know what it was all for—this endless fighting, this struggle to subdue and rule over others, this hatred we created to make us crazed with lust for their blood because their faith, their way of life, even their color and speech were not ours. Sebastian was beyond fear of the road. Wrapped in an old army cloak, he did not even feel the cold. What filled his mind and burdened his heart was what would come next? Read my article about The Middle Ages by clicking the highlighted text. Charlemagne. (2019). Featured image retrieved fromhttps://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charlemagne. Read the full article

[strangewritings]

The Lady Rogue by Jenn Bennet,  credits to the original owners of these beautiful photos  _________________________ #fanedits #ladyrogue #vladdracula #dracula #historicalreads #mystery #magic #fantasybooks #jennbennett #the.great.north.apperal #discountcode #goodreads (at Grand River North) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAyWdqYpyc0/?igshid=1j44wlaxumv9o

[aficionadoofbooks]

July reading stack! #sharilapena #cassandraclare #meganmiranda #lesleypearse #penguinrandomhouse #atlanticbooks #simonandschuster #reading #readinggoals #fortheloveofbooks #fortheloveofreading #bedtimestories #fantasy #historicalreads #suspense #suspensenovel #thrillernovel #youwillneverseemeagain #thelasthouseguest #anunwantedguest #clockworkangel #shadowhunters #thedarkartifices #ladymidnight (at South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzYtruyAeto/?igshid=142nm4w9ls4oc

[txjessy]

The Lost Melody: Book Review

Haunting. Suspenseful. Gothic. Maybe not a psychotic suspense, but a psychotic mystery, played in minor keys that tug at your soul. She captures the definition of melancholy in the characters in words that I, who’s suffered depression, could never pen. But Joanna gave voice to my pain. Saw the brokenness people suffer and gave hope in the darkness. Not just to her characters trapped in her…

[bookjunkiez]

 @RABTBookTours   #rabtbooktours  New Historical Suspense Release from Jennifer Cumiskey, The Face of the Seal!  *FREE with Kindle Unlimited!*   When Gerel Garnier, Paris’ up-and-coming jewelry designer, is commissioned by Britain’s famous art patron William Blackwell IV to create a replica of the 19th Century Qing Dynasty Empress Seal, she believes that her artist’s dream is finally coming true. Blackwell’s name and fortune could catapult her to the status of crème de la crème in the world of couture art design. Little does she know that the dream job will lure her into a web of treachery, deceit and murder. While attending the unveiling of the original Empress Seal at the Forbidden City, Gerel stumbles on a startling secret about her family roots, and she is a woman on a mission ever since. From the Forbidden City back to Paris, she careens from dark secrets to illuminating revelation as the truth of her lineage emerges. An enlightening epiphany hits her: She Gerel Garnier, is the heir of the face of the Empress Seal–a rare gemstone that has witnessed centuries of love, hatred, faith and bloodshed. Now the face of the seal has fallen unexpectedly into her hands. What is she going to do with the gemstone that seems to be a curse to whoever possesses it yet still hunted by the dark forces of the world? Amazon: https://amzn.to/32X24i0 #bookphoto #bookish #bookblogger #bookstagram #booksofinstagram  #kindleunlimited #bookbuzz #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours  #historicalreaders #historicalsuspense #suspensebooks #thefaceoftheseal #jennifercumiskey   @RABTBookTours  #authorsofinstagram #authors #authorsofig  #books#booksofig #booksofinstagram #bookish #bookaholic #currentlyreading #shelfie #bookstagram  #writersofinstagram #bookclub #booknerd #bookshelf #bookstagramfeatures  #amreading    https://www.instagram.com/p/B084_GuhJ_t/?igshid=1jitcj1afl5yy

[atudorwritingcircle]

The Muses' Darling - Chasqui [Chapter 2]

The Muses’ Darling – Chasqui [Chapter 2]

Although this was supposed to be posted literally months ago, I am so happy to have another first on the site! A second chapter to an upcoming book my dear friend Chasqui is writing about Christopher Marlowe!

Chasqui has been following ATWC since its beginning and has contributed a number of times! I’m pretty sure I can say with confidence that she holds the ATWC record for most submissions!

[thewhimsybookworm]

Blogged/// A review for A Very Pukka Murder is up on the blog tonight. A murder mystery set in the days of the Raj and a sleuthing Maharaja to save the day. Blog link in profile. . . . #books #bookish #bookworm #bookstagram #booksarelife #bookstagrammer #bookstagramindia #india #indialove #indianwriters #fiction #historicalreads #bookcover #booklover #landour #lilac #flowers #mussoorie #bookblogger #bookreview #ontheblog #blogger #indianblogger

[storiedadventures]

Would you rather be stuck on a boat with Jamie OR with Fergus (the grown up version 😜)? * • * I got this set for Mother’s Day and I’m so happy. I’m on book four and season 2. I’m so behind. 😂 * • * #tinylovemay19 - Almost didn’t read- I almost didn’t pick this up but when the show came out, I loved it! * #outlander #jamieandclaire #flatlay #dianagabaldon #bookbabe #bibliophile #bookdrunk #readersgonnaread #booksarethebest #bookish #bookmeup #nofilter #bibliolover #bookishpeepsies #bookstagram #becauseofreading #instagood #bookstagramit #adultfantasy #historicalreads https://www.instagram.com/p/BxfwU_7AUsh/?igshid=4kx75bfvpuvr

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[missmusiclove]

“Poison, incidentally, has always been the murder weapon of choice for women, because it requires no physical strength to administer; and a study of poisoners of the nineteenth century found that, statistically, the majority of poisoners were women." ☠️✨☠️ Poison: A History by Jenni Davis is probably one of the most interesting non-fiction books that I’ve had the pleasure of reading this year. This book had an incredible set up. I loved the way it flowed from chapter to chapter, and how the photos complimented the text in the layout. There were some things and people that I already knew of in this book, but there was also heaps of things that I didn’t, and all of it was fascinating. I thought Davis did an incredible job laying out the facts and the myths surrounding some of these infamous poisonings. ☠️✨☠️ Poison: A History is book 181 for the year. #bookstragram #books #booksofinstagram #booklover #bookphoto #reading #aussieswhoread #avidreader #booklover #aussiereader #bookdragon #reader #readersofig #booksofig #bookcommunity #bookish #bibliophile #readersofinstagram #bookstagrammer #booklife #bookaddict #girlswhoread #readinggoals2019 #bookquote #poisonahistory #jennidavisauthor #libraryreads #proudlibrarycardholder #nonfictionreads #historicalreads https://www.instagram.com/p/B4XN_3yABVR/?igshid=142unul9okq3w

[hopefuldreamerpatrol]

#Repost @buoni_amici_press with @get_repost ・・・ Searching for Gertrude by @dehaggerty released this week. You can grab your copy of this historical fiction/romance by clicking the link in our bio. . . Book Description: . While growing up in Germany in the 1930s, Rudolf falls in love with the girl next door, Gertrude. He doesn’t care what religion Gertrude practices but the Nazis do. When the first antisemitic laws are enacted by the Nazi government, Gertrude’s father loses his job at the local university. Unable to find employment in Germany, he accepts a position at Istanbul University and moves the family to Turkey. Rudolf, desperate to follow Gertrude, takes a position working at the consulate in Istanbul with the very government which caused her exile. With Rudolf finally living in the same city as Gertrude, their reunion should be inevitable, but he can’t find her. During his search for Gertrude, he stumbles upon Rosalyn, an American Jew working as a nanny in the city. Upon hearing his heartbreaking story, she immediately agrees to help him search for his lost love. Willing to do anything in their search for Gertrude, they agree to work for a British intelligence officer who promises his assistance, but his demands endanger Rudolf and Rosalyn. As the danger increases and the search for Gertrude stretches on, Rudolf and Rosalyn grow close, but Rudolf gave his heart away long ago. . How far would you go to find the woman you love? . . . #historicalfiction #historicalromance #historicalreaders #newrelease #nook #amazon #ibooks #kobo #kindle #booknerds #bookaddicts #bookstagrammers #readnow